Loop for hose-supporters.



` .SAMUEL BUYER 0F YONKER'S., NEW Yoan,

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, nppiia'amn mea apra i7, 1am. serial No. 691,540.

,Y Bei wn'tha't' I, SAMUEL' BUYER, a citiyzenof the United .States of America, resid;

- I at" Yonkers, Westchester county, and 1. BState' of 'Yorkhave invented certain newand usefilllm rovements 'in Loo s forl Hose-Supporters, o` .which the following iS afi1ll, clear, andfexa'ct description.

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allypointed out in the appended claims, erence forming part hereof, Wherein l is -an enlarged face view of a porter embodying my invention, the rt being shown in section; Fig. 2

b `er or clamping end .of the loop; Fig, 3 1s a vertical sectional view, the seetion being taken. on a line in Fig. 2; Fig.. is a sectional end view,jthe'section being taken on aline'fi---Li` in Fig 2; and Fi 5j is a. sectional view taken on a line 5-5 i in ig. 2, the ends of the legs being of modiiedform. f. In' the 'drawinogpthe numeral 1 indicates -a' hose-su porterlloop of .ordinary construetion so aras the general outline -is'eonvcerned,1 and which is' provided With yieldable Vside-members 2 bent inwardly or toward each other at their lower or free ends." My invention pertains mainly to the shaping of the free ends ofthe said' side-members 2 and. the arrangement of vcertain elements lwhich coact with the -free lends thereof to firmly grip -the button on the other member ,of the hosesupporter, which is well known and is not shown. One of'thefeatu-res of iiiyi'mprovement is the curving orrecessing of` hef'saidsidemembers 2, as at '3. The

4members or legs 3a extend from the curved or i'ecessed portion of the members 2 toward i'ech'other, as shown, -and 'are' preferably l0-flattened or widened at their free ends as at The flattening of the ends of the legs 3f* -enlarges them at their extremities for a purpose which I will now explain. Over the members orlegs 3a I place' a metallic sleeve or keeper 5, which is contracted at its ends as .at.6, the area of the contracted ends of s inventonrel tes to improvementsiin- Held theqblitton upon thev other elementfof y special featres of improvement willv hereinafter more fully described' and'.

being had to the vaccompanying ged Avertical sectional detail View.

contracted ends is l'ess than tlie width of the' the-sleeve being 'slightly-larger )than the .ross-sectional area of' the vrounded portion ofthe legsva, bat the 'diameterofthe said dette/neder* enlarged ends 4 of the legsk 13a.

It will be-'evidentithatlthe sleeve 5 permits the members 2 of the loop-to be spread apart,

but prevents the said members, or rather the legs 3a' thereof, to be spread to an extent' e'gs 3a out of the' which would carry the sleeve at theends thereo The constricted ends of the sleeves provide stops against l Patented Oct."`21,1913..

which the enlarged o r flattened ends l4 of the legs 3 will strike and 'thus prevent abof thebutton or head along the portions 9 of 10 normal 'spreading of thevside-mernbersl 2 the side-members 2 ror by reasonof undue To prevent the metal sleeve or keeper from contacting with the .fabric of the hosiery,- Icover lthe same with a sleeve of rubber thereof being slightly greater than that of or 'other cushioning material, .the length the metal sleeve fian'd' extending into the recess 3 ofthe e'xpansible side-members 2,

whereby a. comparatively4 cushion is'proviid'ed for the button, y recess also acting to keep the cushioning large padding or sleeve7 in position. i

In 'Fig'. the ends of .the legs 3a`a-re shown in form of ments, instead ofthe flattened 'or widened enlargementsherein above4 described, the loop in other respects being similar to that .shown in the other views.

.tremities of said legsbeing flattened and.

d 10o the'4 sleeve having a dimetrically enlarged cen.

Having now described my invention, I claim and desire to secur' by. ,Letters Patent is: l l v 1.- A 'hosesupporter loop having side members provided with inwardly turned legs at the clamping endofl the loop, the eX- broader than the diameter of said legs, an

a. metal sleeve. surrounding said legs,

tral portion and constrictedl ends, theliattened extremities of. the'legs normally lying Within the said; enlarged portion ofthe sleeve and `when vspread against the constricted ends thereof.

hose-supporter loop, comprising I yieldably connected side-members turned inwardly at vtheir free 'ends to form legs, the extremities of said ylegs being attened and broader than the diameter ofA said legs, a

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the said roundedor ball-like enlarge' apart, bearing ter of saicllegs, e metal sleeve surrounding.

metel sleeve surrounding said legs, theiencls of said'slreeve being slightly lrger than the diameterv of said legs but ,smaller than the flattened ends thereof, and a rubber sleeve or cushion carried by said-metal sleeve, the said metal sleeve and Cushion being'at the clamping end of the loop. v

' 3. A hose-supporter loop A comprising yieldably' Connected members turned i-v Wardly at their free ends to form legs, said members being curved adjacent said legs to forlnrecesses, the extremities ofvrsaid legs being flattened and broader than Jthe diamesaidlegs, the eriklsfoi said sleeve being nerf i5 rower thanthe flattened.'ends of said legs,

-recesses in the yeldable members of said Y loop. the said metal sleeve and cushion-being 2o at the clamping e'nd of the loop.

Signed -at NewYork city; N. Y., this 15th day o f'April, 1912' l f' SAMUELfBUYER.,

Witnesses:

IEDUARD A. JARVIS, i

ESTELLE O. HAMBURGER. 

